SEATTLE – There has been injury – Washington’s Tim Morris firing the ball off the face of UCLA’s Alfred Aboya last season.

There has been insult – the Bruins losing in their past four trips to Washington.

And now the Bruins, especially the seniors who have yet to win at noisy, rabid Bank of America Arena, want revenge as No. 13 UCLA meets surging Washington at 1p.m. today.

Adding more intrigue is the fact that the Bruins (15-3, 5-1 Pac-10) and Huskies (14-4, 5-1) are tied atop the Pacific-10 Conference standings.

“This is my last game at U-dub, so I expect to win,” said Aboya, UCLA’s senior center. “I expect to win and finish on a good note. I’m aware that I’ve never won there, and I want to win there so bad. Hopefully, it’ll happen.”

UCLA coach Ben Howland won in his first trip to Washington, an overtime decision in what was a dismal first season with the Bruins. However, four straight losses followed, and three have been by double digits.

“I don’t know if I can (explain it),” Washington coach Lorenzo Romar told the Seattle Times. “I’m not going to sit here and say we’ve got their number. It’s not like that at all.”

Bruins senior point guard Darren Collison said there is reason for the Bruins’ poor play in their past two visits. Both came after emotional wins against Washington State, where the Pacific-10 Conference title was at stake.

In 2007, the Bruins beat Washington State 53-45 to clinch the Pac-10 title, then were stunned by the Huskies 61-51. Last season the Bruins beat Washington State 67-59 to take control of the conference race, but not even an extra day off helped regulate UCLA’s emotions. The Huskies were floundering to a 16-15 mark, but still beat UCLA 71-61 on a Sunday afternoon.

Punctuating last year’s loss was Morris’ play in the final minute of the game. Aboya was guarding an inbounds pass, and as a five-second violation neared, Morris threw the ball straight into Aboya’s face to avoid the penalty.

“Every game we played at Washington, the game before was bigger, so it was hard to get up for that game,” Collison said. “I remember when we played Washington State two years ago, it was for the Pac-10 championship. And last year it was the same thing because Washington State was highly ranked.”

A year ago, the Bruins were ranked No. 2 when taking on the Huskies, but unraveled in arguably their worst performance of the season. Collison was 1of8 from the field and scored a career-low three points. He also turned the ball over eight times as Huskies guard Justin Dentmon, now a senior, dominated the matchup.

And that followed the 2007 performance against Washington, in which Collison was 2 for 15 from the field.

Howland said a combination of things make the Huskies so good at home. First, they have high-caliber players, led by rebounding machine Jon Brockman (10.8 rebounds per game). This year the Huskies also incorporate a mix of youth, with freshman guard Isaiah Thomas leading the team in scoring (15.9 ppg).